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30,000 BCE
Chavet Cave
Also known as Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc Cave.The chauvet cave paintings is situated near Vallon-Pont-d’Arc in the Ardèche region of southern France.
It has paintings of red bears, a owl, a large horse panel, red hand & mammoth, a panther panel, two black lions, a bison, fighting rhinos & horses, and finally a panel of lions. There is a bear skull alter as well. -
Period: 30,000 BCE to 12,000 BCE
Living in Caves
People sought refuge in caves. The painted in caves because they believed in sympathetic magic. -
28,000 BCE
Man crosses Bering Land Bridge
Man crosses over land bridge between Asia & North America known as Bering Land Bridge -
20,000 BCE
Man living in Australia
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15,000 BCE
Bison Relief Sculpture
Found in a cave in France, 15,000 - 13,000 bce -
Period: 15,000 BCE to 13,000 BCE
Lascaux Cave
The hall of bulls can be found in Lascaux, France. It has beautiful painting of bulls running across the walls and ceilings. -
Period: 15,000 BCE to 13,000 BCE
Tools
Like a Lamp with Ibex design from Dordogne, France, -
12,500 BCE
Cave of Altimira
The Cave of Altamira located near Santillana del Mar in Cantabria, Spain and has red bulls painted on the ceilings. -
10,500 BCE
Man reaches the tip of South America
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Period: 10,000 BCE to 8000 BCE
Paleolithic Age
"Old Stone Age" -
8000 BCE
Agriculture gradually develops in Near East & Middle East
Sheep and cattle domesticated -
7000 BCE
Pottery Develops
Pottery develops and man begins to learn to use metals. Walled settlement at Jericho. -
6000 BCE
Neolithic Age
"New Stone Age" -
5000 BCE
First settlements in fertile river valley of Sumer
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4236 BCE
Egyptian Calender
First date in Egyptian calendar -
3760 BCE
Jewish Calendar
First date in Jewish calendar -
3372 BCE
Mayan Calendar
First date in Mayan calendar -
3200 BCE
Cuneiform
Wedge-Shaped writing -
3000 BCE
Rise of Civilization
Cities in Mesopotamia, later China & India. -
2300 BCE
Pech Merle Cave
Pech-Merle is situated some 20 miles east of Cahors, in the Midi-Pyrenees region of France, -
2000 BCE
Stonehenge
Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England
